Inspector Grey
{{short description|1936 film}}
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| name = Inspector Grey
| image = Inspector Grey.png
| caption =
| director = Maurice de Canonge
| producer =
| based_on = Inspector Grey by Alfred Gragnon
| writer = Maurice de Canonge
| narrator =
| starring = Maurice Lagrenée
Jean Brochard
Colette Broïdo
| music =
| cinematography =André Dantan
| editing =
| studio = Société des Films d'Aventures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1936|05|22|df=y}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Inspector Grey (French: Inspecteur Grey) is a 1936 French crime film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Maurice Lagrenée, Jean Brochard and Colette Broïdo.Bessy & Chirat p.175 Crisp p.407 The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. It was based on a novel by Alfred Gragnon.Goble p.189 It was followed by three sequels beginning with L'Empreinte rouge in 1937.
Cast
- Maurice Lagrenée as L'inspecteur Grey
- Raymond Maurel as Dupré
- Colette Broïdo as Hélène
- Paule Dagrève as Monique Jeffries
- Jean Brochard as L'inspecteur Poussin
- Gine Elly as La fille Rachaud
- Victor Grail as Victor
- Fernand Mailly as Le commissaire
- Alexandre Mihalesco as Brown
- Nicole Ray as Armandine
- Sylvaine as Victoire
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0288575}}
{{Maurice de Canonge}}
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Maurice de Canonge
Category:Films based on French novels
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